drTStingray Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) This looks absolutely gorgeous - but very expensive - only 106 made - I can't say I'm not V tempted. Highly figured roasted maple blank plank - no pg, sunburst over highly figured ash..... 😯😬👍 Ash bodied Stingray also to become a rarity new owing to the shortage of swamp ash this year. https://reverb.com/item/28330143-music-man-usa-stingray-bfr-fretless-vintage-sierra-burst-limited-edition Edited October 4, 2019 by drTStingray 3 Quote
dannybuoy Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) Oof! That board! What wood is that - roasted maple fingerboard as well as neck? Edited October 4, 2019 by dannybuoy Quote
uk_lefty Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 Gorgeous. But pricey. Am sure Maruszczyk or someone could make you something very similar for a lot less. Quote
drTStingray Posted October 5, 2019 Author Posted October 5, 2019 Well I managed to survive yesterday without making an exploratory call to my favourite guitar shop 🤔 Hmmm it's Saturday today as well 😧 Quote
drTStingray Posted October 5, 2019 Author Posted October 5, 2019 On 4 October 2019 at 09:36, dannybuoy said: Oof! That board! What wood is that - roasted maple fingerboard as well as neck? I think it is. Flamed roasted maple. Playing one of these live would possibly be as attention seeking as drum stick twirling - you see I'm trying to rationalise reasons to talk myself out of it 😬 Quote
uk_lefty Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 5 hours ago, drTStingray said: I think it is. Flamed roasted maple. Playing one of these live would possibly be as attention seeking as drum stick twirling - you see I'm trying to rationalise reasons to talk myself out of it 😬 It's not attention seeking. Nobody will notice under stage lights more than 3 feet away. That's purely for your joy. It makes the bass something you want to stare at for all the time you're not playing it Quote
EdLib-3 Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Jaw droppingly lovely bass but Stingrays without the oval pickguard look a bit wrong (to my eyes at least). Quote
grayn Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Gorgeous bass but think the control plate could have gone too.😎 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Well I never liked the MM pickguard, and that locks in my prejudice! Not convinced by the stripy neck. Quote
Musicman20 Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 This lower price might help, plus a choice of 4! https://www.andertons.co.uk/music-man-2019-bfr-stingray-h-vintage-sierra-fretless I actually think that price is fairly reasonable for a very limited and unique bass. Quote
edwn Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 wowza ... I wonder if those fingerboard lines could actually be an aid to navigation, rather like the ding on the neck on one of my basses is where G is ...? But mostly it's doing my eyes in 😵 ... amazing that andertons have 4 of these -- rare to see even one unlined high-end bass ... Quote
burno70 Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 09:37, uk_lefty said: Gorgeous. But pricey. Am sure Maruszczyk or someone could make you something very similar for a lot less. That's the thing. As lovely as it is - and it really is, you're in custom made bass territory at that price. 1 Quote
bigsmokebass Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 Wow! Looks incredible but for that price point, I think I'd have to sell some body parts on the black market 😅😂 1 Quote
Musicman20 Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 3 hours ago, burno70 said: That's the thing. As lovely as it is - and it really is, you're in custom made bass territory at that price. The problem is, to get that level of neck figuring you have to pay a lot. I imagine that neck alone is about £500 due to the rarity. Added to that, IMO only a Musicman sounds like a proper Musicman. You can get very good humbuckers and pre-amps but they are never the same. Whilst no resale prices are decent, it's a rare Musicman, so it should retain value a lot better than a small builders one off. I imagine even Shuker would charge £2.5k for this. 1 Quote
drTStingray Posted October 11, 2019 Author Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) You guys aren't helping in the least...... apparently the neck and board have a high gloss finish. I already have a Musicman Fretless (indeed used it last weekend having seen this - used it with an octaver at one point - very Pino sounding 👍) - but these BFR ones look spectacular. I wonder how they will feel to play and sound? Only one way to find out I guess. Edited October 11, 2019 by drTStingray Quote
floFC Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 On 04/10/2019 at 09:36, dannybuoy said: Oof! That board! What wood is that - roasted maple fingerboard as well as neck? It looks to me like it’s a one piece neck, so all the same piece of (roasted maple) wood indeed. Very good looking basses, Anderson now seem to have 5 to choose from! Quote
Misdee Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 I'm genuinely surprised so many people are enamoured of this bass. Essentially you are paying three grand for a Stingray Special with a flame maple fretless fingerboard and no scratchplate. It's hard to see where the extra £800-ish has gone. Special Edition? Let's face it, EBMM put out more "Special Editions" than Status Quo have done farewell tours. The fingerboard doesn't look quite right on a fretless, and will not wear well over time, I fear. Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, Misdee said: Special Edition? Let's face it, EBMM put out more "Special Editions" than Status Quo have done farewell tours. The fingerboard doesn't look quite right on a fretless, and will not wear well over time, I fear. But it's roasted.... Quote
Misdee Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 So are chestnuts but they don't make a great fretless. 2 Quote
drTStingray Posted October 21, 2019 Author Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) But as we know from Pino, a Stingray does (I have one and know this as well) 😏 The necks are one piece maple - the top sliced off to insert the truss rod - and then the board glued back on - so you'd be hard pressed to see the join - and as stated its very highly figured maple (and look to be quarter sawn) so the neck plus the extra finishing etc accounts for the extra price (over a Stingray Special). There's no doubting they're very nice basses but apart from a lunch time scrutinising the pics at various shops, like @hiram.k.hackenbacker, I've been 'persuaded' I don't need any more basses - least of all another fretless!! Who knows - I might change my mind - it's less than a used CS Pino Precision - I know which I would prefer (the one without dents)!! 😬 I don't know what you guys have against roasted maple lol... ? Edited October 21, 2019 by drTStingray 1 Quote
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